Happy Easter!

[Ender]

I wish I got candy... there should just be a general Candy Day Holiday.

[Joe]

Off topic, but Easter is celebrated as a secular holiday of bunnies, eggs, and candy. A good chunk of people don't even know what it means, anymore.

Slightly less off-topic, some girl who works in the gift shop was walking around the waterpark in a bunny suit (ended up going down a slide I was in charge of, woo!), and yesterday and today we wore bunny ears on rotation (optional, of course, but I laughed just as much as the guests so it was all good ^_^).

[deadly7]

It should be noted that my religion DOES have holidays, I just choose not to celebrate them.. and I don't celebrate Judeo-Christian holidays because they all sold out.  Gotta love religion!

[dark_drake]

Are you implying that any religion that doesn't invent holidays doesn't count as a religion?

Every religion I know of has holidays to mark important events in history for that religion. That said, Easter was not invented. No one up and said that they needed a holiday between Christmas and All Saint's Day. A very important historical event occurred to the people of that faith. Yes, the dating method is a bit odd, but again, there is a reason for it. They wanted Easter to fall during the same time of year and with the same relationship to the astronomical full moon. Basically, a copy of the day Christ was resurrected.

[trust]

Hmm, I've never heard of anybody getting stuff other than candy for Easter either. Weird!

It's really split I think. I've always gotten stuff (hell, my sister got a bike today and some computer game) but I know alot of people don't get stuff or just get candy. I guess it's all preference of the parents.

[rabbit]

Easter wasn't invented.  At all.  Easter was pagan goddess.  Christianity named a holy day after her to try and make Christianity a little more appealing to pagans so that they would convert.

[BigAznDaddy]

Easter wasn't invented.  At all.  Easter was pagan goddess.  Christianity named a holy day after her to try and make Christianity a little more appealing to pagans so that they would convert.

..... sure to me it is just another day i get off from work so it's all good

[CrAz3D]

naw, just askin what I did

[Joe]

It should be noted that my religion DOES have holidays, I just choose not to celebrate them.. and I don't celebrate Judeo-Christian holidays because they all sold out.  Gotta love religion!

Oh, I thought you were Atheist. :P

[wires]

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Off topic, but Easter is celebrated as a secular holiday of bunnies, eggs, and candy. A good chunk of people don't even know what it means, anymore.

Much like Christmas I suppose?

[dark_drake]

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Off topic, but Easter is celebrated as a secular holiday of bunnies, eggs, and candy. A good chunk of people don't even know what it means, anymore.

Much like Christmas I suppose?

I'm pretty sure they call it X-mas.  ::)

[Sidoh]

dont religious people generally live longer & better lives compared to atheists?

That sounds like a load of BS to me. :-\

[Joe]

Everyone knows what Christmas represents, though. I knew back when I was five. Honestly, I didn't know what Easter was until a few years ago -- I thought it was the rabbit's equivalent of Groundhog's Day or something stupid like that.

Also, X-mas isn't necessarily blocking out "Christ". It's a useful contraction, and besides, several crosses back in the day were shapped like an X (the body was nailed to it spread-eagle style). Just sayin'. :)